The tidal wave of new security legislation that has followed the tragic events of September 11, 2001, have made a critical examination of information politics in the network society uncommonly urgent. The Amsterdam edition of World-Info-Con 2002 will be an international and interdisciplinary forum to examine the recent developments in information law, policing and surveillance, and intellectual property rights in the digital domain.

A number of key-trends unfold alongside each other: First of all a radical expansion of policing and surveillance powers on the part of police and investigative authorities, manifested in new laws and increased budgets, apparently meant to counter a deep anxiety about security. ... Read